Doubles final:
Hantuchova / Sugiyama [5] v Hsieh / Peng [7]

Too bad they lost... I read they didnt play very good. But at least they had great wins and got to a final, 1st since the AO. Hope they can keep it this way

Daniela after the match:
"It was a tight match, both teams played quite well. Because of the no-ad system luck is often decisive and today we were a bit more unlucky than our opponents. According to stats we won two points more and it still wasn't enough. But we are very happy with our performance in Rome, especially with the QF against Black/Huber."
"Don't tell me my Madrid draw, please. I don't want to know it yet." (smile)
As for Daniela's singles matches: "I was a bit unlucky drawing Safina resp. Kuznetsova in 2nd round. Both players then played in finals. Against Kuznetsova I felt competitive, but when she broke my serve it was very tough to stop her given her current confidence."

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what does the resp. mean in that quote? thanks
it's a short version for respectively.
That refers to Stuttgart and Rome, where Daniela played against Safina and Kuznetsova

Daniela and Ai had a great run in doubles but unfortunately couldn't repeat their 2006 win in Rome but it's still a nice run after recent disappointments. The no-ad rule is really getting on my tits.

Daniela had a good win against Dushevina but she was beaten by one of the top clay courters, so she did as well as could be reasonably expected given the draw.